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nexo standards webinarSPEAKERS PANEL
Ecosystem stakeholders . User experience . Standards . Collaborative . Payments . Acceptors . Processors . Vendors . PSP . Card Schemes . International . ISO20022 . Interoperability . POI . TMS . POS . Acquirer . Foster Innovations .
Arnaud CrouzetVP Consulting
Gomathi Shankar U.Technical PM
Nadine KanaanSenior Consultant
& nexo SME
Sylvain FromagerProject Manager
nexo organization in a nutshell
Benefits for the ecosystem
nexo specifications overview
Typical nexo project organization
Case studies
Q&A
Agenda
Creating an international ecosystem for harmonized and interoperable payments
ENABLING GLOBAL INTEROPERABILITY IN PAYMENT ACCEPTANCE
NEXO STANDARDS
• nexo is a not-for-profit, open association; its membership represents the full spectrum of payment stakeholders.
• nexo standards is the association dedicated to removing the barriers present in today’s fragmented global payment acceptance ecosystem.
• It enables fast, borderless and global payments acceptance by standardizing the exchange of data between all payment acceptance stakeholders.
• The nexo specifications and messaging protocols adhere to ISO 20022 standards, are universally applicable and fully open.
From interoperability to global standards
Compatibility de facto Standard Interoperability
OPEN STANDARDS
openstandard
A worldwide collaborative ecosystem is crucial to representing and addressing the needs of the market
The collaborative ecosystem
nexo members represent the full spectrum of card payment stakeholdersincluding acceptors, processors, vendors, payment service providers and card schemes.
India Market: main trends
E-commerce
Contactless
mPOS
Omni-retailing(Consumers initiate and complete purchase using multiple devices)
Segment growing at 35% – 40% YoY
GST Adoption, which requires commercial POS.
Merchant cashflow based lending is driving mid-end adoption
Wireless
Accept online payments
Receipts through E-mail
EMI Options
Utility payments
5 key merchant acquiring trends
Emerging trends in POS merchant acquiring
Main features of mPOS
Market context
India has 51 Lakh POS Terminals (5.1 Millions)
~ .003 POS terminals for every inhabitant, lower than in Brazil, Indonesia, & Turkey
Each POS Terminal have their own payment applications, with dedicated Terminal Management Systems
Payment solutions are not interoperable
Need to develop, integrate, maintain several protocols, which is costly and time consuming
Acquirers and PSPs have their own specifications
no global standard used, need to adapt each time
India Market: various implementations and habits becoming constraints and barriers
Main reasons for inhibiting digital payments in India
Inadequate acceptance
Infrastructure
Lack of familiarity with newer, alternative payment methods. Innovations are difficult to be deployed on various heterogeneous payment systems
Delay in getting complaints resolved
LEGACY RETAILA FRAGMENTED ECOSYSTEM
NEXO RETAILA CENTRALIZED ECOSYSTEM
What does a nexo-compliant infrastructure look like?
Easier deployment and faster time-to-market
Centralize card payment acceptance and acquisition
Reduce costs, economies of scale
Simplification of terminal management
Foster the quality of service, competition and innovation
Flexibility, Security
Benefits for all card payment actors
Vendors champion innovation on a level playing field
Acquirers strike bigger, volume based deals with retailers
Merchants deliver a consistent POI UX & deliver more value-added services
Payment schemes free capacity to support more innovative services & increase acceptance abroad
Sale System
(POS) POI
Processor/
Acquirer
Terminal
Management
System
Generic EMV
SDK
Payment
Peripheral
NEXO INTEGRATION WITHIN THE PAYMENT ECOSYSTEM
StockTaxesPricesLoyalty…
Configuration UpdatesKeys management…nexo Retailer
Protocolnexo TMS Protocol
nexo Acquirer Protocol
nexo FAST application
nexo FAST supports all EMV Kernels
nexo specifications overview & scope
nexo retailer protocol
MDR (ISO 20022)
MUG (nexo)
nexo FAST
POI Application Specifications
nexo acquirer protocol
MDR (ISO 20022) & MUG (nexo)
nexo TMS protocol
MDR (ISO 20022) & MUG (nexo)
nexo IS specifications
nexo security specifications
Card services & featuresPayment
Cancellation (Attended POI)
Refund (Attended POI)
Pre-Authorization
Payment with Increased Amount
Payment with Cashback
Voice Authorization
Deferred Payment (e.g. Petrol Pumps)
…
TechnologiesContact
Contactless
MagStripe
e/m-commerce
MOTO (Mail Order/tel order)
Services & features
Cardholder verificationAll EMV defined methods (Online PIN, Offline PIN, Signature, Mobile code/CDCVM,…)
Transaction acquisitionMulti-acquiring feature
Single message (data capture & authorization performed within the same message)
Dual message:
• Data Capture through completion message,
• Data Capture through batch.
POI configurationPOI Application parameters,
Protocol parameters (e.g. choice of data capture mode: single, dual,…),
Keys download
…
1-DEFINE
Study & analysis
4-VALIDATE
CO
MP
LIAN
CE G
ATE
Test & Certification
nexo implementation project
Business requirements
nexo trainings
A typical nexo project implementation flow
2-DESIGN
Technical Requirements
Detailed Specifications
Detailed solution architecture
3-DELIVER
QA
nexo Project Management
Development & Implementation
Integration
nexo testing solutions (NISv4)
Acquirer testing POI testing
Card Unit Under Test
Acquirer
Test Solution
POI
Simulation
Acquirer
Simulator
Unit Under Test
POI
interface
POI Test Suite
Including
Programmable
Cards
TMS
Simulator
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Lots of interesting nexo case studies3 are detailed in the following presentation
nexo Use Cases Category Zone
1 DEPLOYMENT OF THE BANKING ACQUIRING SERVICES ON OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES PSP Europe
Migration of the park of terminals to nexo, and management of certifications with the schemes PSP Europe
Certification plan of a new nexo solution, taking into account the schemes to be accepted and the existing nexo certification tools. PSP Europe
Need for the managers to build skills on nexo to be able to better understand the market development, and to face to customer requests. PSP Europe
For an international solution, strategic choice to be taken between implementing the existing domestic protocols in each country versus to go to nexo Vendor Europe+Int
Question on how implementing nexo in a centralized solution, and especially regarding the payment application. Vendor Europe+Int
Work on a dedicated nexo implementation plan for a fast time to market, and a deployment at the international level (EU + US) Vendor Europe+Int
Opportunity Study for the US and Canada Market Vendor US+Canada
Need to remove bespoke protocols for automated fuel dispenser in the us Vendor US
Considering the different issues and opportunities to implement nexo according to the countries targeted in the deployment. Vendor Europe
2 OPPORTUNITY ANALYSIS FOR NEXO AND ATICA FOR AN ASIAN INTERNATIONAL SCHEME Scheme International
Opportunity for a domestic and exotic protocol gateway conversion service to nexo for banks and vendors. Processor France
3 MANAGE THE IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES ON THE MERCHANT SIDE AND ON THE BANKS SIDE Processor France
Study to build an entire payment solution based on nexo standards dedicated for the Asian market Processor Asia
How to manage country specificities with local actors Processor France
Rationalization of multi-country payment management Marchant Europe
Opportunity of nexo for a domestic implementation Merchant France
CASE STUDY Deployment of the banking acquiring services on other countries
Processor
Acquiring bank with two main activities:• Direct POS terminal management• Acquiring services
Willingness to expand their services in other countries
For those who discover nexo for the first time, it may not be easy to well understand the standards (several nexo components, Lot of technical specifications).
• The initial training allowed managers to understand nexo, in a concrete and updated way, with key business objectives.
• Additional expertise to support the bank's technical experts, and to write adapted specifications to their own needs for implementation.
• Step 1: To take a step back and to identify the main activities that are interesting to develop outside of their country + educational support & training
• Step 2: Analysis with action plan to shorten time to market and to faster responses
• Step 3: Decision -> Two steps implementationThe implementation of the nexo acquirer FIRST.The POS terminal will be upgraded to nexo later.
Return of experienceActions
ISO 20022 opportunity analysis(nexo standards, ATICA) for an Asian scheme
ISO 20022 is growing all over the world and is considered as the ‘lingua franca’ of the whole financial ecosystem. It is used for cards and non-cards transactions.
The detailed market study has allowed the scheme to better understand the current status of the evolution of the market on these subjects, and to define their own action plan accordingly.
The use of ISO20022 for the whole chain of the payment is more and more required, and nexo is the main contributor for the cards' payment domain.
• Analysis of the evolutions of the market, and the links between ISO 20022, nexo, ATICA, Instant Payment, …
• Advantage for the scheme to be naturally supported by nexo, to ease the deployment of their card acceptance.
• No need for a dedicated payment application
• No need for protocols adaptations
Return of experienceActions
ISO 20022 for cards ISO 20022 for payments
The scheme needed to understand:• Any potential impacts on the card certification and on Acquirer to Issuer domain• The development of the Instant Payment and the impact on the Point of
Interaction
CASE STUDY
Manage the implementation issues on the merchant side and on the banks side
ProcessorMerchant A
Merchant B
Merchant C
Banks • Each payment systems are using different types of protocols and message handling
• Connections to banks under proprietary ISO 8583 protocol• Need to manage certifications with schemes• Estimation that 80% of their R&D are dedicated to the
maintenance and update of the various protocols
The use of nexo standards is helping to save time and cost on the project integration. This is now part of their by-default standard.
• A local proprietary payment didn’t wanted to implement nexo, keeping their current proprietary protocol.
• A private payment method agreed to implement nexo, see as an opportunity to renew their payment services based on a twenty years old proprietary protocol.
The use of a temporary gateway was needed to connect with 2 banks not yet nexo compliant. Based on their feedback, the migration to nexo is planned and currently on-going
• Step 1: Define the exact scope of the project
• Analyse the situation and payment methods used, on the acceptance side and with the banks selected
• Step 2: Design the targeted solution
• Define the potential partner(s) and gateway(s), with nexo acquirer protocol by default
• Step 3: Develop / update the targeted solution, and PM
• Step 4: Validate the solution
• Execute the tests with the solution, and pass the certification and type approval with the schemes
Return of experienceActions
Processor connecting merchants' acceptance payment systems in input, and several banks in output.
CASE STUDY
Return on experience
nexo standards implementations are successful and are more and more requested in various part of the world
Europe, India, Asia, Africa, US, Canada, Russia
nexo is not just a technical approach,it's mostly a business one.
As nexo specifications are very technical, it is important to understand the business requirements of the customer to define the adapted strategic plan for the nexo deployment.